Who Hates Performance Art? I Do!
In fact, my hatred of performance art is legendary among my friends. Especially Chris "Hey, I'll get one of my friends to shoot me in the arm and call it art!" Burden. That guy's a flaming idiot. And he pulled that stunt back in the 70s. Nowadays he does visual art that is just as inane and ill-conceived.
But I digress! I don't hate all performance art. I have just found that 90% of performance artists do not adequately communicate their intentions to their audience. And without any prior understanding of what's going on, most performance art is just weird and unintelligable. Can you tell I wrote a research paper on this for grad school?
Anyways, James convinced me to answer an open call for performers for a performance piece at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's called Hey Girl! and it's staged by an Italian experimental theatre group called Societas Raffaello Sanzio. Judging by the script, it's going to be pretty weird. Will I give it my stamp of approval? Come see me in it this weekend! Go to the MCA website for more info.
In fact, my hatred of performance art is legendary among my friends. Especially Chris "Hey, I'll get one of my friends to shoot me in the arm and call it art!" Burden. That guy's a flaming idiot. And he pulled that stunt back in the 70s. Nowadays he does visual art that is just as inane and ill-conceived.
But I digress! I don't hate all performance art. I have just found that 90% of performance artists do not adequately communicate their intentions to their audience. And without any prior understanding of what's going on, most performance art is just weird and unintelligable. Can you tell I wrote a research paper on this for grad school?
Anyways, James convinced me to answer an open call for performers for a performance piece at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's called Hey Girl! and it's staged by an Italian experimental theatre group called Societas Raffaello Sanzio. Judging by the script, it's going to be pretty weird. Will I give it my stamp of approval? Come see me in it this weekend! Go to the MCA website for more info.
2 Comments:
That's the right attitude Chuck, go into it already hating it and then you are sure to have a great experience.
j
Did I say I plan to hate the experience? I did not! I said it's going to be pretty weird. I have reserved judgment otherwise. I plan to enjoy myself regardless.
Even if I have a blast and the performance is sublime, I shall still despise 90% of performance art, for reasons already stated.
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